Improvement in harness-saddles



structing the saddle-tree, which I construct y with a skeleton metallic frame, which constiis recetvedbetween flanges, which help to guide saddle, where it is confined by the vertical AATENT- vALnNTi'N consr, or New vonk, n. Y.

IMPROVEMENT IN HARNESS-SADDLES.

Specification forming part of Leiters Patent No. 103,131?.V dated May 17, 11570.

To. all whoi'n,` it may concer/z: V

Be it known that I, VALENTIN BoRsr, of the city, county, and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Harness-Saddles; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable those skilled in the art to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, fo rining part of this specification, in which draw- 1ugS l Figure 1 is an inside View of my improvement. Fig. V2 is a vertical section in the line x xof Fig. l. Fig. 3 is an'edge view ofthe saddle-tree without theleather covering. Fi 4 is a side elevation of my skeleton saddleframe detached. Y

Similar letters indicate corresponding parts.

This invention relates to yharness-saddles5 and it consists in animproved method of contutes the back or highest part of the tree, and upon which the tree is built up, and which has arms-two or more on a side-that incline downward at a proper angle to receive the sides of the saddle-tree. The skeleton is made in one piece by casting, and contains thecrupper, and is provided with suitable openings, holes, and slots to receive the fastenings which secure the other parts ofthe saddle to it. The skeleton is surmounted by wooden mountings bent to the proper shape and arranged over the anterior and posterior parts of the skeleton frame, to which it is fastened securely. 'lo the arms of the skeleton frame, and also to the wooden mountings, are fastened by rivets or other means elastic metallic plates, which form the sides4 of the tree, and which serve to secure the loops for the back-band. The backband goes over the middle of the skeleton and `and retain the wooden mountings in place.

rlhe letter A designates my skeleton saddle frame, consisting of a solid back divided by vertical iianges B G into an interior part, a, a central part, I), and a posterior part, c. The back-band D crosses the central part, b, ofthe iianges B C, and the angular or bent wooden mountings E E are laid over the anterior and posterior parts a c, respectively, behind and before the said flanges, which serve to keep said niountings in place. The wooden mountings and the skeleton frame are fastenedtogether by screws or rivets, which are inserted through holes F in the skeleton framef The crupper-ring G is made in one piece with the skeleton frame. parts c c of the skeleton frame are extended downward on each side at a suitable inclination or angle, so as to form arms FF-two o each side in this example-to which are s cured the wooden mountings E E and the elas` tic side plates, G G, the former being outside the arms F and the latter inside or beneath them. The plates G G have portions cutaway to secure as much lightness as is practicable for the degree of strength required, and at their lower ends they have elongated slots H II to enable me to secure the back-band loops I I to the leather flaps J J by sewing the ends of the loops to the flaps J J through the slots y rIhe saddle-tree is l are iirmly riveted to the mountings and the f side plates. The braces K are provided with screw-sockets L to secure the turrets M, which are screwed down into the braces. The backband passes up outside of the side plates, G

G, under the braces K, and over the central I part, b, of the skeleton frame, as is shown in the drawings. The cantel N is fastened to the skeleton and to the wooden mountings, (the usual leather cover, 0,'intervening between them and the cantel,) by means of screw-bolts I?, which pass downtbrough perforations made for` them in Athe skeleton frame, and are secured beneath the latter by nuts Q. In addition to the bolts, I use, if necessary, a perforated lip, likethat shown at R, extending from the cantel through the wooden mountings and skeleton frame, on the under side of which it is fastened by a key, S. By this construction and arrangement I secure the several parts tol gether in a simple and efficient manner, and obtain a strong base in the skeleton frame for the union of the different portions and for uniting the cantel to the saddle-tree. The

bridle or check hook T is also secured to the The anterior and posterior groove or recess forms a receptacle for said fastening, so that when the saddle is applied to use it does not come in contact with theback of the animal nor interfere with the padding.

' XV hat I elaiin as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The skeleton frame A, consisting` of the parts a I; B C cast together in one piece, substantially as and for the purpose described.

2. The combination ot' the frame A, the Wooden nionntings E E', and the side plates, F l, substantially as described.

3. The elongated slots Hin the side plates, F, for seeuringtho ends ot' tlieback-band loops by sewing, substantially as described.

TALENTIX BOR, T.

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